Labor Day Weekend - Part 1

Over the long weekend we took road to trip to South Dakota. We left on Friday and spent the evening with Christina's cousin and his three daughters in Spearfish, SD. Christina had spent a summer in Spearfish 18 years ago as a kid so it was neat to see things that she remembered as a kid. We had a great time catching up with her cousin Matt and his kids. Lily had so much fun with the girls. Unfortunately, we did not get too many pictures that night. Here is a picture Varun took of the girls as they were watching the movie Tangled.


On Saturday morning we left Spearfish and took the scenic route to Mount Rushmore. We drove through Black Hills National Forest and through a few small towns to get there. We toured the museum, watched the informational video and walked the Presidential Trail at Mount Rushmore. We also took a ton of photos and ate lunch there.







Our next stop was Cosmos Mystery Area. Cosmos is an area where the laws of gravity mess with your head and balance. Balls roll uphill, trees curve down, and cabins are slanted, but level. Although Varun is sure the site is set up to be an optical illusion, we had fun on the 30 minute tour.




Before checking into our room at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, we took Lily to a park called Storybook Island. She did so well sitting in the car and sight seeing that we had a to give her a chance to run around and get some energy out. Storybook Island is a huge park/playground filled with characters and displays from popular nursery rhymes and stories. We got there shortly before the park closed for the evening, but Liliana made the most out of the visit and had a blast on the playground.